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Gadget


A term of endearment used by algebraic topologists when talking about their favorite power tools such as Abelian groups, bundles, homology groups, homotopy groups, K-theory, Morse theory, obstructions, stable homotopy theory, vector spaces, etc. Gadgets are sometimes also called algebraic gadgets.


See also

Abelian Group, Algebraic Topology, Bundle, Free, Homology Group, Homotopy Group, K-Theory, Obstruction, Morse Theory, Vector Space

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References

Page, W. Topological Uniform Structures. New York: Dover, 1994.

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Gadget

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Gadget." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Gadget.html

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